Mysore/Mysuru: The officials of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) with the help of N.R. Traffic Police have caught stray cattle that were obstructing smooth flow of traffic and causing accidents in city. Following complaints that the stray cattle were causing problems near St. Joseph’s School in Bannimantap and near Subashnagar on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road, N.R. Traffic Inspector…
PWD Contractor fined Rs. 10,000 for dumping construction debris on Govt. land
June 10, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has imposed a fine of Rs. 10,000 on a PWD Contractor for dumping construction debris on a Government land. The PWD Contractor, who had dumped the debris on the Government land after demolishing his old house, is Chandrashekar of Chikkaharadanahalli coming under MCC Zone-2 limits. About eight to 10…
‘Swachhata’ campaign to be launched in 20 Gram Panchayats of Mysuru Taluk
June 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Taking cue from Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), the Mysuru Taluk administration has planned to launch ‘Swachhata’ cleanliness campaign in 20 Gram Panchayats (GPs) of the taluk. Mysuru Taluk Panchayat Executive Officer Krishnakumar told ‘Star of Mysore’ that the cleanliness campaign will be launched under the caption ‘Garbage-free Village’ in 20 of the 37 GPs…
MCC, Health Department conduct workshop for Beauticians
June 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: In a bid to provide suggestions and guidelines to beauticians, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and the Health Department conducted a workshop at the Town Hall here yesterday. More than 60 beauticians participated. The MCC and the Health Department officials asked the beauticians to collect the address, mobile phone numbers and other details of…
Rebate offer to property owners: MCC collects Rs. 12 crore tax in a month
June 6, 2020Civic body enables both offline and online payments to speed up tax collection process Mysore/Mysuru: Desperate to mop up resources, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) has speeded up its annual property tax collection and has made arrangements for both online and offline tax payment. The online payments can be made after receiving the Property Identification…
MCC has not banned tender coconut sale: Commissioner
June 6, 2020Rs. 35 lakh sanctioned to repair Doddagadiyara Mysore/Mysuru: There is no ban on selling tender coconut in Mysuru, clarified Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde. In a message to the media and also speaking to newsmen, the officer clarified that the MCC has not banned the sale but vendors have to be cautious and…
Plant hard trunk trees: MCC Commissioner
June 5, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner Gurudutta Hegde has recommended planting of strong trunk trees like gulmarg or gul mohur, spathodea, pichkiya, copper-pod, subabul, Singapore cherry, muntingia, neem, syzygium cumini, aegle marmelos, phyllanthus emblica, syzygium jambos, tamarind and saraca asoca trees in the city. He has appealed to volunteers, NGOs and citizens, who plant saplings…
Illegal banana traders evicted from Boti Bazaar
June 3, 2020Seized bananas fed to Palace elephants Mysore/Mysuru: Following complaints to the Deputy Commissioner and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Commissioner by the residents that the vehicles of illegal banana traders were causing traffic snarls on Ane Sarot Street near Boti Bazaar, the MCC authorities yesterday evicted them from the road. As there were problems in maintaining…
Irwin Road widening picks up pace
June 3, 2020Works on demolition and widening of Irwin Road that began yesterday has picked up pace this morning with new drainage laying on the stretch. Parts of the road near the historic Jumma Masjid have been dug up to lay new pipes. Traffic on some of the stretches near the Jumma Masjid has been blocked since…
Pending demolition, widening works begin on Irwin Road
June 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The pending works on demolishing buildings (Nehru Circle till Government Ayurveda College) and widening of the entire Irwin Road began this morning after a long gap imposed by COVID-induced lockdown. Along with the demolition of remaining buildings, the works on road widening too has begun. The City Police will soon close traffic movement on…
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